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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

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Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kyurazawa Mine, Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

specimen with some pinkish crystalline aggregates of rare pyrosmalite-(Mn) in matrix.

c. 628

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrosmalite-(Mn)

Formula: 
(Mn,Fe)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Strunz: 
9.EE.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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